Improved hotel and burglar- alarm



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. C. S. NOE.

Annuncitr.

No. 100,702. Pamed March 15, 1870.

N. PETERS, PHDTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. 11C.

To all whom it may concern:

lilnitrd (gisten CHARLES S. NOE, 0F BERGEN lPOINfl, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 100,792, dated March 15, 1870.

*ME- IMPROVED HOTEL AND URG-LAR-ALARM.

The Schedule referred to in-thale Letters Patent and making part of the same Be it known that I, CHARLES S. N on, of Bergen Point, in the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved'Hotel and Burglar-Alarm; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and .use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation, partly in scction, of my improved hotel and burglar-alarm.

Figure V2 is a detail vertical transverse section ofthe same, taken on the plane of the line x x, iig. 1'.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section ot' thc saine, taken on the plane ofthe'line y y, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is t-oconstruct an electric hotel and burglar-alarm, which, from a single battery, will charge a suitable number of wires, of which each will serve to operate the alarm when closed by a suitable switch, besides indicating on a dial or other plate the particular switch which was moved to produce the current.

The invention consists in the general combination and arrangement of machinery for operating and connecting thelseveral parts, and particularly in the employment of certain crank-shafts for operating the indicators, all as hereinafter more fullyv described.

Ain the drawing represents the fi'ame, on and in which my improved apparatus is set up.

To this frame are secured a suitable number of electromagnets, B BI Bz 13.2850., which are preferably set up in the same plane, as is clearly indicated in `fig. 3.

Each of these electro-magnets is by a positive wire,

C G G2 O3, 86o., separately connected with an electricbattery, D, and with the saine battery all the said `electro-magnets are connected by a negative wire, E. The negative wire passes from the battery to an electro-magnet, F, thence to a switch, G, and from there to the electro-magnets B B, &c.,successively. Each ofthe positive wires contains a switch, H. When the apparatus is to operate, the switch G lmust first be closed, inl order to unite the negative wire. When, then, one of the switches His closed, the current will be established, andthe electro-magnet B B, Etc., to which such switch pertains, will attract its armature. The electro-magnet F will also attract its armature J.

It the switch of the wire O be closed, the clectromagnet B2 will be charged, and-none of the others, B BI B3, 85o. lhe electro-magnet '-h will, however, he charged whenever either one of the switches G (l, 85o., is closed.

The armature J carries a cla-oper, a, which, whenever the magnet F is charged to attract J, strikes. against a bell, K, -to sound an alarm.

In front of cach electro-magnet B B B2 Bn B, &c., is pivotcd to the frame A a lever, .l`.v 'Ll L'2 L3, dto., carrying an armature-plate, M.

From each lever' L L1, 85o., projects outward through a vertical plate, c, of the frame, a pin, d. Between the plate c and the front plate e ofthe flame-'A are hung as many crank-axles, N N* N2, &c., as there are electro-magnets B B, 85o., one in front of cach electro-magnet.

The outer end of each crank-axle carries in front of the plate e a shield or pointer, f, which hangs down when thc crank y of suchaxle hangs down, and which isA swung up (as the lower one in fig. 1) when the crank is elevated. t

By means of a spring, h, each armature-lever L L,

the., is ldrawn away from its electro-magnet, and toward the plate e. When the crank of an axle, N N1, Ste., is swung up into. a horizontal position, its inner rounded or beveled arm passes by the end of the pin d, and when over the same, the spring h draws the said pin under the crank, so that the latter will rest thereon, as is clearly shown in fig. 2. The shield or pointer f will then also be held horizontal. When the armature pertaining to such elevated shield is attracted by its electromagnet the pin d is drawn inward and ceases to support the crank, and the shield will then, by its own weight, drop down to be suspended vcrti cally. The pointer will thus indicate which one of the switches H was closed. v

'Io facilitate the understanding of the apparatus, the several pointers may carry, or, when elevated, cover figures, letters, or` other marks. l

When the apparatus is to be prepared for action all thecranks g and pointers f should be elevated.

that embrace but do not hold the suspended cranks g.

If the electro-.magnets B B1, &o., are arranged in two horizontal rows, as shown,there must be two bars O, and in all cases one for each row.

When two or more? are used they must be connected by rods, j, to move simultaneously.

When, by means of a crank-lever, It, on one of vthe axles P, the latter is swung, it will cause all the bars Oto be swung, and to strike with their jaws i the cranks g, which they elevate, cach and all, depositing them upon the pins d. Vhen then one positive wire is closed to close the current, the axle and shield pertaining to it will be released to drop, and the shield will then indicate which particular switch was closed.

For hotels, the frame A with the electro-magnets This may be done separately, lbut in order to save time iti in the several rooms.

The clerk also elevates all the shields, by means of the lever R.

When one of the guests closes the switch in his room the current will be established, and the shield f, dropped, while at the same time the bell'is struck to call the clerks attention tothe apparatus.

After duc notice has been taken of the call, the lever R is used to re-,elevate the shield, and to set the ap-v paratus for new action. Y

Forburglar-alarms the construction is about the' same, with the only exception that the switches are formed on doors, windows,.or shutters, the frame A being,r setup in a bed-room. Whenever the alarm is sonnueu the pointer will indicate which window or door was opened, and where the burglar is at work.

Having thus described my invention,

I cla-im as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of the electro-magnets B B, Src., and armature-levers L L, &c., with the pins d, crank-axles N N, &c., springs h, and shields or indicators f, all arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The swingingbars O, having the jaws yi, and connected with each other by the rods j, in combination with the crank-axles N N', &c., all arranged as set forth.

CHAS. S. NOE

Witnesses GEO. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

